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<FONT FACE="Arial"><H4>Global Changes</H4></font>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>To perform global changes
follow these steps: </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<OL>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Choose
	the method for selecting the records</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Choose
	the field where you want to apply the change</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Choose
	the type of change:</FONT></FONT></P>
</OL>
<OL>
	<UL>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Add</FONT></FONT>
				</P>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Modify</FONT></FONT>
				</P>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Delete</FONT></FONT>
				</P>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Divide
		</FONT></FONT>
		</P>
	</UL>
</OL>
<OL START=4>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Enter
	the actual value to be changed, for example, if you want to delete
	the field 30, when the field 30 has the value &ldquo;Medicine&rdquo;.</FONT></FONT>
		</P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>If
	the type of change selected is </FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2><B>Modify</B></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2><SPAN STYLE="font-weight: normal">,
	select the scope of the modification:</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
	<UL>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Over
		the whole field</FONT></FONT></P>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Over
		a portion of the field</FONT></FONT> 
		</P>
	</UL>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Choose
	the new value to add or modify</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>If
	the change is </FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Divide</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>,
	select:</FONT></FONT> 
	</P>
	<UL>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>the
		character or characters to be used as delimiters</FONT></FONT></P>
		<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>the
		field to which the selected portion is going to be placed </FONT></FONT>
		</P>
		<LI><P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>which portion of the
		field is going to be moved to the selected field</FONT></FONT> 
		</P>
	</UL>
</OL>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Record selection
method</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>There are two ways to
select the records where the global change is going to be performed:</FONT></FONT></P>
<OL>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Giving
	a range of Mfn</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Building a search
	expression. In this case the advanced search form is displayed in order to
	build the search expression. </FONT></FONT>
	</P>
</OL>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Select the search method
which will allow you to select the records where the change is going
to take place.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Field where the
change is going to be made</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>The fields defined in the
FDT appear in a list in the menu. Select:</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Type of change</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>There are three types of
changes:</FONT></FONT></P>
<OL>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Add
	field </FONT></FONT>
	</P>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Modify
	the content of a field</FONT></FONT></P>
	<LI><P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Delete a field</FONT></FONT></P>
</OL>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>The selected change will
be applied to the selected field of the records which were retrieved
by specifying a range of Mfn or by performing a search.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Scope of the
change</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>If you selected the option
</FONT></FONT><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Modify
the content of a field</FONT></FONT></STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>,
you will need to specify if you want to replace the whole content of
the field, or if the change is going to be applied to a portion of
it, for example, to replace the content of a specific subfield. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P><A NAME="VALOR"></A><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Apply
a change according to the content of a field</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>This box lets you select a
list of terms that will implement the conditions of the change.
That is, if the actual content of the field coincides with at least
one of the terms specified, then the change will have effect. If you
don't specify any value, then the change is applied without
conditions. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>New value of the
field</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Insert the
value that you want to add or use as a replacement for the specified
field in this box.</FONT></FONT></P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Dividing a field</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>This option lets you insert a
punctuation mark or any other delimiter inside a field in order to:</FONT></FONT></P>
<UL>
	<LI><P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0in"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Transfer
	it to another field</FONT></FONT> 
	</P>
	<LI><P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Delete it</FONT></FONT>
		</P>
</UL>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>You can select which
portion of the field (before or after the delimiter) will be deleted
or transferred to another field. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Change
implementation</FONT></FONT></STRONG></P>
<P><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>The change starts to take
place over groups of records. A link to the records will appear in
order to allow revision during the process. </FONT></FONT>
</P>
<P><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE=2>Important note: Be
sure to make a back up of the database before performing any global
changes. </FONT></FONT></STRONG>
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